Canoes Made Out of Fighter Jet Fuel Tanks (4 pics)

During the Vietnam War the US left a lot of the fighter jet fuel tanks behind. During the war fighter jets could constantly fly all over Vietnam and the tactical jet planes relied on JP-8 fuel. This fuel was strapped on to the jet in external containers and when they would run out of fuel they would just drop them to lighten the weight of the plane.

The large fuel tanks were dumped onto the countryside by USAF jets so that they could maneuver better, protecting the pilots

1

Those fuel tanks scattered throughout the country were eventually recovered and repurposed

Kiss my ass if any of those tanks got dropped off an F-4 going 200-400MPH 1,000 to 5,000 feet in the air and landed in any condition like those in the pictures. More likely they're surplus tanks left abandoned at airbases.